Jo steeled herself, and with an almighty wrench pulled her legs free of Morgan's vice-like grip.

It is a bit plasticky inside, not helped by the rather dull colours used for the interior trim, but none of the seemingly ill-designed fittings actually came apart of their own accord, only after being given a hard wrench.

Most sprains happen from a sudden wrench or twist.

He ordered a loaf, watched as she slipped it into a bag, twisting the top with a wrench of her wrist.

I may venture to say, loosely, that in Judo there is a sort of counter for every twist, wrench, pull, push or bend.

And with a sudden wrench inside of his heart, Ark realised that his friend was gone.

The project is for young people aged 13 to 19 but it is such a wrench for older members to leave that they are trained to become volunteer youth workers and so continue their connection with the project.

It's going to be a huge wrench for me and everyone who has been at the offices for years.

You know, many people were so loyal to Dan, Peter and Tom, after having been on for over 20 years, that this throws a wrench in everybody's viewing habits.

Mr and Mrs Hoban said: ‘This is a big wrench but we cannot support a party that flouts the UN.’

It will be a major wrench for the youngster, who has considered the Heslington-based club as his ‘home’ course since arriving at York University three years ago.

It must be a big wrench for him and the supporters to have a home-bred player leave the club.

Fernandez, who lives in Edinburgh with his wife, Ximena, and one-year-old daughter, Judith, is not being diplomatic when he says that it will be a wrench to leave Livingston.

Practice manager Sandra Jackson said: ‘We've got a lot of history here and it's really going to be a bit of a wrench, but the new facilities are fantastic.’

It will be a bit of a wrench to leave the house the family has had for so long.

This is going to be a huge wrench for me, but it is a huge challenge that I'm looking forward to.

One of the biggest wrenches was having to give up my job.

The area, on the edge of the Dales, has much to commend it to Dr Hope, and the move from York should not prove too much of a wrench.

Although Jay admits it was a wrench leaving her family she is hoping to be joined by husband Sino, 34, who works for an Indian shipping company and their five-year-old daughter Neha in the spring.

There was more gut wrench when he left Liverpool for Real Sociedad in 1989, only to return to Merseyside with Tranmere as a player two years later.

But he and his wife Hillary also face the wrench of leaving behind their three sons, Owen and Daniel, who are in university, and Benjamin, who is still in school.

The move was a real wrench, and he feels guilty about it even though everyone has told him he has done the right thing.

‘It is a wrench but I would probably not be able to represent my constituents with the energy I had before, so it is time someone a bit younger took it on,’ she said.

So, as you can imagine, it's a great wrench to be pulling out: I'm emotionally involved now, it's part of me.

He describes a lonely pitcher: ‘Life outside the diamond is a wrench.’